Equal parts stupidly entertaining and simply stupid, AMC+’s new hitwoman dramedy The Assassin gets far on the likable charm of stars Keeley Hawes and Freddie Highmore .

Whether that’s enough to carry what feels like a one-paragraph outline for a series rather than a fully conceived television season will depend on how you feel about beautiful European locations and hollow plot twists. Just days after finishing these opening six episodes, I remembered nothing that happened in the second half of the season. But I could still probably be cajoled to return for more of Hawes playing 007 and Highmore stammering charmingly. Maybe.

Equal parts stupidly entertaining and simply stupid, AMC+’s new hitwoman dramedy The Assassin gets far on the likable charm of stars Keeley Hawes and F

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